Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society . enteenthcentury house. The oak summers or main floor beams were the counterpart of thoseIn the ancient Whipple house, although the lower side including the moulded edgeahad been hewn away and boxed in, to suit the later fashions. Portions of a woodenpartition, with the same rude tooling that occurs in the Whipple house, were found,but not in their original place. A single corner post with chamfered edge in thesecond story, the ancient door post with slots for the wooden latch of the front doorand the bar which locked it, and the massive oak floo
Publications of the Ipswich Historical Society . enteenthcentury house. The oak summers or main floor beams were the counterpart of thoseIn the ancient Whipple house, although the lower side including the moulded edgeahad been hewn away and boxed in, to suit the later fashions. Portions of a woodenpartition, with the same rude tooling that occurs in the Whipple house, were found,but not in their original place. A single corner post with chamfered edge in thesecond story, the ancient door post with slots for the wooden latch of the front doorand the bar which locked it, and the massive oak floor joists attested an original houseof the earliest period, the old whitewash revealing an original unplastered huge fire places had been remodelled, but the dimensions of the chimney, andthe use of soft bricks laid in clay showed that it was built at a very early period. The windows, however, were of a later period, and had never been changed. No \ PWPfpiI|gS fflPPSWWK »*...* V* af:iX- MB] [nnd r:l ; ?V, **?«•&« : v^. ;. AND SAMUEL APPLETON S FARM. d Daniel Ringe, March 9, 1710 (23:76) and their joint ownership continueduntil Nov. 4, 1723,when they sold to Ammi Ruhamah Wise (41:264). Bythat year, tiie venerable mansion under the great elm had been built, andhere Deacon Norton lived the rest of his days. His son, Thomas, a grad-uate of Harvard and teacher for some years of the Grammar School, in-herited the estate. His will was probated in 1750 (Pro. Rec. 329: 453-5).The inventory is very elaborate, and includes the dwelling house, and home-stead, valued at £266-13-4,,the upper house, £80, a negro woman calledPhillis, and a valuable stock of leather. Thomas, the eldest son, receivedthe dwelling with the tan-yard, pits, etc. (Pro. Rec. 330:426),and sold thewhole estate to Dummer Jewett, July 24, 1771 (129:99). His widow soldto the County of Essex, to be improved and used as a house of correctionJan. 21, 1791 (154:9). The prison was built on the adjoining land t
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